Man Down, Man Up

GAINESVILLE -- When Florida quaterback Jeff Driskel woke up
with a stomach ache Monday morning, his head coach thought it was nothing more
than a bad piece of beef.

“I hoped he ate a bad cheeseburger,” Will Muschamp said.
“But it wasn’t.”

Driskel underwent surgery for acute appendicitis Tuesday
afternoon at UF Health Shands Hospital, but not before suffering through persistent
pain around his right abdomen for over a day until his roommate, former UF
offensive linemen Tommy Jordan, warned Driskel he should get his issue checked
out.

“We’re lucky we found it early and acted on it,” Florida’s
junior quarterback said. “It could’ve been a lot worse.”

Driskel said he’s feeling better already -- not surprising
considering he was just two days removed from surgery and speaking to the press
at UF’s Media Day on Thursday -- but he won’t rush his return.

“Whenever I’m ready, I’ll be back,” Driskel said.

Muschamp expects his quarterback to miss roughly two weeks
of practice, and like Driskel, complemented Florida’s medical staff for
discovering and diagnosing the problem quickly.